Moral Decay
"And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Daisy is saying that she hopes the baby will act like a fool because people don't like when girls are too smart. This is an example of moral decay because it is saying how you give up what you believe in to please society.
American Dream/Gatsby's Dream
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Past/Future
"That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen."
In this quote Daisy is regrettig marrying a great big hulking physical specimen of a man. She doesn't like him anymore because he is rude to her.
Class (old money/new money/no money)
"I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle west all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated in Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition."
Gatsby is saying that he was raised with money. He is classified in having "old money". He went to Oxford because it was a family tradition and tradition is very important to the high class. There are many examples that these two things are directly linked throughout the book and even throughout history.
Moral Decay
"And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Daisy is saying that she hopes the baby will act like a fool because people don't like when girls are too smart. This is an example of moral decay because it is saying how you give up what you believe in to please society.
American Dream/Gatsby's Dream
"
Past/Future
"That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen."
In this quote Daisy is regrettig marrying a great big hulking physical specimen of a man. She doesn't like him anymore because he is rude to her.
Class (old money/new money/no money)
"I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle west all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated in Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition."
Gatsby is saying that he was raised with money. He is classified in having "old money". He went to Oxford because it was a family tradition and tradition is very important to the high class. There are many examples that these two things are directly linked throughout the book and even throughout history.